Label assembly and dispensing device



June 18, 1957 1', DAHLBERG 2,796,110

LABEL. ASSEMBLY AND DISPENSING DEVICE Filed April 7, 1955 United StatesPatent LABEL ASSEMBLY AND DISPENSING DEVICE Thord Dahlberg, Bromma,Sweden, assignor to Kooperativa Forbundet Economislr Forening,Stockholm, Sweden Application April 7, 1955, Serial No. 499,901

4 Claims. (Cl. 154--1.6)

It has been a long-felt want to be able to price-label goods simply andcheaply, particularly in self-serving shops. In most cases this is doneby writing the price on the wrapping or the labels of the wrapping witha pencil or a piece of chalk. However, such a method is very expensive,the price. labelling is not attractive esthetically, and it is diflicultto remove the label, which is often desirable. The present inventionrelates to a device for the manufacture of labels consisting of a holderfor transparent adhesive tape with a tacky gum, provided with an edgefor severing the tape, whereby assembling of labels provided with textis rendered possible. These labels fulfill the great demand made fordecorativeness and at the same time they have other advantages. Theinvention is substantially characterized in that the holder is providedwith a support and guide member for a paper strip which is to be movedtowards and adhered to the tape.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings in which Fig. 1 shows the device in longitudinal section. Fig.2 shows the device from above, the tape alone being indicated in dottedlines. Fig. 3 shows the paper strip and the tape glued together, andFig. 4 shows a torn-off label.

The mode of action of the device is as follows:

On the holder 1, which preferably consists of a bottom 11 and walls 12a,12b, and 13, two hubs 14a and 14b are disposed on the walls which carrya tape roller 2 (indicated by dashed lines in the figure). The hubcasing of the tape roller is designated by 2a. The free end 5 unwoundfrom the tape roller is carried through below a guide member 9,comprising an inverted U- shaped guide element the arms of the U 9 beingsecured to a support member 7 the bottom of said U being a straight bar16 parallel with the edge 7a, thence down towards an edge 8 againstwhich the adhesive tape can be torn off. A paper strip 4 or the like isinserted through a guide rail 3 and is moved towards the downwardlydirected adhesive surface of the tape, where the strip of paper adheresand travels continuously with and is adhered to the tape when thi ispulled. After being torn off the free end of the adhesive tape has beenadhered to the support member 7 and it tends to assume the positionthrough the bending stresses of the adhesive tape, whereby a free tongueis attained, which makes it easier to catch the adhesive tape whenfeeding it further forwards. This is also facilitated since the strip ofpaper adhered .to the tape prevents the fingers from coming into contactwith the adhesive. When pulled forwards, the adhesive tape can be liftedfrom the support member 7 and is then guided by the guide member 9-10,against the upper guide 10 on which it slides with its unglued surface.The strip of paper 4 is preferably provided with text on that surfacewhich faces the adhesive tape. This text can be read through PatentedJune 18, 1957 the transparent adhesive tape at the same time as it isprotected by the said adhesive tape.

In Fig. 3 an example is illustrated showing how the text on the paperstrip can be formed. Evenly spaced numbers representing a price may beprinted within a frame. The length of the frame is smaller than thedistance L in Figs. 1 and 3. When the tape and the strip glued togetherare fed forward the feeding distance is so measured that the strip willbe severed about midway between the frames. This is made easier by thefact that the distance between the edge 7a and the edge 8 equals thelength L. When the strips are fed forward, it is only necessary to pullthe tape and strip so that the edge 7a will come midway between the textframe.

If one desires to remove a label glued to an object, this is easily doneby putting a finger nail or some pointed instrument under the labelopposite the text strip, which does not adhere to the said object. Thisis made still easier if one edge of the text strip is placed along oneedge of the adhesive tape, so that only one side of the label isadhered, so the text strip will be in the form of a free tongue.

Many embodiments are possible within the scope of the invention. Thus,the strip of paper can be taken from a roll placed in the holder. Morethan one strip of paper or tape can be moved in parallel andsimultaneously against the adhesive tape. The device may be providedwith a mechanical feeding means and the device for tearing off the stripcan also be modified. The strip of paper can be provided with continuoustext, which, when the adhesive tape is fed forwards, is continuouslyprovided with a protective coating. If desired, the strip of paper maybe made wider than the adhesive tape. The adhesive tape itself may beprovided beforehand with printed text.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

l. A label assembly device comprising a holder including a bottom andside walls, each side wall carrying a hub to rotatably receive a roll oftacky adhesive in the form of tape, a support member over which thetacky adhesive may extend and to which it may temporarily adhere, aguide member spanning said support member, a guide rail extending fromadjacent the bottom of said holder to a position adjacent said supportmember whereby a printed paper strip may be fed to the tacky side ofsaid adhesive between said hubs and said support member, and a tear-offedge spaced from said support member a distance equal to the desiredlabel length on the side remote from said hubs.

2. The label assembling device of claim 1, in which said guide rail is aflat tubular passage of a size to freely receive a strip of labelmaterial.

3. The label assembling device of claim 1, in which the tear-off edge isspaced downwardly from said support member.

4. The label assembling device of claim 1, in which said guide membercomprises a straight bar spaced slightly above said support memberwhereby the tape may be lifted from the support member against the guidemember against which the back of the adhesive tape will slide and bywhich it will be guided as it is pulled from the roll.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,307,406 Howard Jan. 5, 1943

